It Looks Like Breitbart News Might Be Turning on Donald Trump

House Republicans' proposal for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, secretly crafted by Paul Ryan and proudly endorsed by President Trump, is finally here, and in a rare and heartening display of national unity, pretty much everyone hates it. Democrats loathe the proposal because it cruelly slashes healthcare benefits for millions of lower-income Americans, while many on the right think the bill should slash those benefits further. Ah, bipartisanship!

As it turns out, even the super-right is thoroughly unimpressed the Republican Party's efforts. Breitbart News, the venerable conspiracy theory clearinghouse formerly helmed by White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, came out firing yesterday, dragging the TrumpCare scheme for being soft on illegal immigration—because, you know, everything in Breitbartland relates to illegal immigration, obviously.

Today, Business Insider scored a furious Slack snippet purportedly from Breitbart's Washington editor Matthew Boyle, whose very weak haiku attempt is something like eight times funnier if you imagine him very seriously saying it like Bane from The Dark Knight Rises.

Although Breitbart was viewed as friendly in the early days of the Trump White House, this isn't the first time it's tried to bite the tiny hand that feeds. A few weeks ago, Bannon reportedly lit in to Boyle after the site ran a story claiming that Reince Priebus, long rumored to be locked in a probably-unwinnable power struggle with Bannon, could lose his job over the resignation of Michael Flynn. Boyle, a reasonable, level-headed guy who sounds like exactly the type you want running a newsroom, reportedly responded by telling staffers that Bannon had committed "treason." (Against Breitbart, that is. Not against—well, never mind.)

Hmmm. At a time when Breitbart has managed to become more powerful and influential than ever, why would someone at the site want to turn on Trump, leaking Boyle's betrayal accusation and sharing the receipts with Business Insider? Here are a few theories.

1. Breitbart has actually had enough of Trump. Oh man, this would be great fun! What will the Pepe the Frog Avatar Crew do?! It's just the worst when your xenophobic parents fight in public like this, isn't it?

2. Breitbart is still down with Trump, but is tired of Steve Bannon telling them what to do. This seems fair. If Breitbart really believes that its former executive isn't doing a great job implementing his nationalist agenda, it has every right to call him on that. After all, the site has earned its cherished reputation as the world's best-known blog about the dangers of creeping Sharia law. It has standards, goddammit.

3. FALSE FLAG. Put on your tinfoil hat for a sec. If Bannon wanted to feed stories to his former colleagues, it would be in both of their interests to make it appear as though they have no relationship. So, as fun as it would be to see President Trump lose one of his staunchest media allies in such spectacular fashion, maybe this is just a good old-fashioned head fake. Say what you will about Breitbart—if you just involuntarily whispered "They're misogynists," congratulations!—but is a very media-savvy outfit. Don't rule something like this out.

It's unclear whether Breitbart is embracing a newfound role as a critical, hard-hitting reporting outfit, or cleverly stirring up some shit in an effort to put its journalistic bona fides beyond reproach, or doing something else altogether. That said, there are two clear takeaways at this point: Never lean too heavily on vague, bovine-themed idioms, and also, never read Breitbart.